In theory, the Anxi Army could use taxes from the south for its own use. During the war, the world was in turmoil. The emperor lost the capital and ran to Shu to avoid disaster. The central court and local governments were almost out of touch with each other. The south was not affected by the war. If the Anxi Army wanted to collect taxes, no one dared to say anything.

However, the expropriation of semi-national taxes must be justified, otherwise it will leave hidden dangers to Gu Qing and Anxi Army in the future.

Li Heng wanted to be the emperor, but Gu Qing did not object. For him, anyone who became the emperor would be the same and would eventually become an enemy.

Gu Qing valued the taxes of southern prefectures and counties. The Anxi Army needed money and food, and Gu Qing needed a reasonable and legal imperial edict.

To put it bluntly, it is so simple. Gu Qing was not interested in the big cake painted by Li Heng. What he wanted was very practical. After bargaining, Gu Qing offered his own price. If Li Heng agreed, then the political transaction between the two was concluded. Li Heng was happy to be his Emperor of Tang, and Gu Qing was silent and received taxes from the southern part of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, Li Fuguo couldn't make the decision in such a big deal.

After a long time of vain, Li Fuguo had to agree to send a fast horse to Lingzhou immediately and ask for Li Heng’s intention.

Gu Qing was not in a hurry, with 80,000 troops in hand. I believe Li Heng would seriously consider his suggestions and hand over the taxes in the southern part of the Tang Dynasty to Gu Qing.

Both of them knew that after the An Lushan rebellion was put down, Gu Qing and Li Heng would inevitably become enemies, but under the current situation, everyone has a common enemy, and the most important thing is to join forces to destroy An Lushan first.

He had a great chat with Li Fuguo. Gu Qing politely invited him to eat fish in the tent. The fresh fish he caught was steamed and braised.

What Gu Qing didn't expect was that Li Fuguo actually agreed.

Some mistakes were made, Gu Qing was just polite words, and he obviously didn't want to meet him.

Gu Qing was extremely wary of Li Fuguo. He knew better than anyone else that this guy was not a good person. He could come up with many bad ideas that would break up his son and grandson after his eyes turned.

Now, he seems to be respectful to Gu Qing on the surface, and he doesn't seem to have planned to plot against Gu Qing. Who knows what he is doing behind his back? Even if he doesn't have a bad idea at the moment, it is because he is forced to gain power in the future. Gu Qing is sure that this guy is like Sun Wuzi who has recovered his magic power. He flew into the sky and flew on his head without saying a word.

So Gu Qing was not willing to have too close contact with Li Fuguo, which was equivalent to causing trouble for himself, especially when eating fish was so happy. There was a guy with a stomach full of bad water next to him, and his appetite would be affected, which was simply a waste of food.

"How about you go back to your tent first. What if I do it and I have someone to send it to you?" Gu Qing asked tentatively.

Li Fuguo was confused.

Gu Qing sighed. It seemed too rude to do this. The relationship was originally maintaining a superficial harmony. If he did this, he would probably make a grudge.

It is the most irrational to make enemies with villains. Such a person has no bottom line and cannot predict what crazy methods he will use to retaliate against himself.

Gu Qing stood up, but Li Fuguo bent down and helped him pack the fishing rod and fish basket. He was very respectful and dedicated. At this time, Li Fuguo was almost wearing a maid outfit with black background and white stockings.

"Master, after the big thing is over, I will give you a little favor to you, how about?" Li Fuguo smiled with a fish basket in his hand.

Gu Qing narrowed his eyes and smiled and said, "It's okay if you have something to say."

Li Fuguo smiled and said, "The generals under the command of the Duke are everywhere, and the soldiers are unparalleled in loyalty to the Duke. But the military supervisor in your army is not a good person. On the night when I first came to the Anxi Army, the military supervisor came to visit me in the dark and sued you a lot of illegal acts."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "Oh? I wonder how Sima Li answers?"

"I am just a guest. Guests should look like guests. I dare not interfere with the master's family affairs, and I don't even want to listen."

Gu Qing's expression became more and more friendly, and he smiled and bowed: "Li Sima is open-minded and gentleman, I have accepted this favor."

Li Fuguo shook his head and smiled and said, "It's not a favor. Although I am a miserable servant who serves His Highness the Crown Prince, I have seen the storm. Anxi Army held it firmly in the hands of the prince. Bian Lingcheng sneaked in that night. I didn't believe that the prince really didn't know. Today, I told him in person, which was considered to have a good relationship with the prince. After quelling the rebellion, I still hope that the prince would give me more favors and would benefit for the rest of my life."

Gu Qing smiled and said a few polite words, but his defense towards Li Fuguo was raised to another level.

The colleagues sold as soon as they said they were sold, and they sold calmly. Li Fuguo was also considered a ruthless person. With this incident alone, it can be seen that Li Fuguo is a pure interestist. As long as everything is beneficial to him, his own father and mother can dig out of the soil and sell it by weight.

When dealing with such people, you must be careful.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Qing felt another murderous intent in his heart.

A great cause is ahead, the journey is still far away, and many major events will happen in the future. The cancer of Bian Lingcheng in the Anxi army is ultimately a disaster, so it is best to solve it as soon as possible.

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On the small road from Suizhou to Xiangzhou, dozens of carriages were creaking slowly. The carriages were loaded with food, and there were several local recruits next to each carriage escorted by the local escorts.

Walking in the front were dozens of personal guards beside Gu Qing, surrounded by two women, Huangfu Sisi and Wan Chun.

This is the first time Wanchun has followed Huangfu Sisi to do business. It feels very novel. He looks like a rustic bull with never seen the world before. He will be surprised and amazed when he sees wild flowers on the roadside.

Huangfu Sisi is already a veteran in the business world. She was a famous businessman when she was doing business in Kucha City. Now she is familiar with making money for the Anxi Army. Since the Anxi Army entered the pass, Huangfu Sisi has become more and more skilled in business, and she has earned more and more money.

The south of the Tang Dynasty was bounded by the Yangtze River, and the south of the Yangtze River was basically not poisoned by war. The government and the people were relatively calm, but the war inevitably brought some impacts, and the most significant impact was the rise in prices.

Huangfu Sisi made full use of the factors of soaring prices and the process of the Anxi Army's north-south battle, collecting goods from all directions, selling them from one place to another, making a lot of money.

Of course, she didn't have any money left, and she treated it as her own prostitution fund.

Mr. Gu became bigger and bigger, and his face became thicker and thicker. Every time he had a good time with her, he actually asked her for money first. After receiving the money, he still had a look of enduring humiliation and endured the storm silently with a sacred look, his eyes as if he was voluntarily devoted himself to the altar.

Huangfu Sisi was helpless and funny, and sometimes she wanted to get angry, but Gu Qing was like a sweet-tasting poison. After being poisoned by him, she couldn't do anything about it.

So Huangfu Sisi had to maintain a strange relationship between her and Gu Qing, which was both like a husband and concubine, and a male favorite and a beloved.

This shameless husband was chosen by her own, what can she do?

To be honest, Gu Qing should be ashamed of it.

What is ashamed of is not about collecting money when doing things, but about the powerful business tycoons in their previous lives. After traveling to the Tang Dynasty, they had to rely on selling themselves to support the army. It was really a cry of men and women.

From this we can also see how expensive it was to support an army in ancient times, and the business tycoons were also squeezed out and were forced to pick up customers at the end.

Every bite of rice eaten by the Anxi soldiers was Gu Qing's blood.

Huangfu Sisi and Wanchun rode side by side on horseback. This time, the two women returned to the Anxi Army camp from Suizhou. They had a lot of harvest. The silk porcelain loaded was quickly sold out in Suizhou. As the war hindered the transportation between the north and the south, the circulation of goods between the north and the south became increasingly difficult, and the demand for folk daily necessities was increasingly in short supply.

Huangfu Sisi's goods were sold at a good price. After selling them for silver, she was so smart that she did not bring the money back. Instead, she compared the price of grain in Suizhou and found that it was 10% lower than that of Xiangzhou. So she simply bought all the grain, hired dozens of carriages and hundreds of civilians to transport the grain back to the Anxi Army camp.

Thinking of returning to the camp, Gu Qing didn't know how to reward him when he was so happy. Huangfu Sisi rode on the horse, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth and her eyes were shining.

Wan Chun was beside her and saw her laughing inexplicably, and couldn't help but say angrily: "How much did you earn this trip make you laugh like this."

Huangfu Sisi came back to her senses and said with a smile: "Don't blame your highness, I just remembered some funny things."

Wan Chun glanced at her and snorted: "It must not be a good thing. Maybe it was the scene where you and Gu Qing were so entangled, hum!"

Huangfu Sisi smiled, not daring to stimulate single dogs anymore, nor dared to stuff dog food.

After a long silence, Wan Chun suddenly asked, "How did you and Gu Qing... accept that wood? Just because you cook deliciously?"

After getting along for a long time, Huangfu Sisi gradually understood the relationship between Wanchun and Gu Qing. To put it simply, it was actually Wanchun's wishful thinking, but Gu Qing had no expression. I don't know if she didn't realize her love or deliberately refused to respond.

So Huangfu Sisi knew very well why Wan Chun suddenly asked her, and that she had to humbly learn from her brother's advanced experience.

Huangfu Sisi smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't underestimate cooking. Gu Qing especially likes delicious food and has a very tricky taste. When I was in Anxi, I spent a lot of effort to learn how to cook in order to attract his attention, which led him to come to my shop to eat often, and I had the opportunity to get familiar with him slowly."

Wan Chun sighed regretfully: "In order to eat in one bite, I actually spent my whole life in it, why bother?"

Huangfu Sisi glanced at her unhappy, but she didn't dare to refute, for fear that she would be angry and start fighting on the spot.

"Apart from food, what he cares most about is money and food. The Anxi Army has so many mouths waiting for him to support him, so he is not easy. If you can help him do something, it can be considered as doing your best for your husband's family." Huangfu Sisi said with a smile.

Wan Chun rolled her eyes and snorted: "I am also doing things for him."
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